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Wishful Thinking

THE PARTY If you were at the Wish Ball patron party, congrats! You were part of the inaugural group. It was the first Make-A-Wish event has ever hosted for the Wish Ball and took place on a crisp fall night at Susan and Jonathan Been’s Buckhead home. Guests nibbled on shrimp cocktail and crabcakes; passed hors d’oeuvres from Sun in My Belly; and sipped on wine and cocktails from National Distributing Company brands. THE PLAYERS Ned and Suzie Allen, Susan and John Been, John Brennan, Patti Dickey, Elizabeth Jennings, Cathy Lefar, Gary Ludgood, Teresa Slabbaert THE SCENE The alfresco soiree took place on the Beens’ terrace by the pool and was a celebration for the patrons of the upcoming black-tie October gala at the Georgia Aquarium. Awards were given to special honorees Ned Allen (for his work on the Make-A-Wish national and local board), Wendy Wilkerson (who started W.I.S.H. society) and Tracy Howk (who works for CHOA, and refers children to the wish-giving program). Photography by Lahcen Boufedji